Posted by: Xx Anaki xX
Posted by: BlueRuby2k10
Oh, that's not what I mean. I'm just talking about how staying at the Dawn is improbable due to the reasons contradicting it. I only mentioned a UNSC base for the sake of theorizing where he might get his weapons from. (The the game might not involve a base for supplies, but a ship! Like all of the games in the trilogy).
Oh, I got you. I agree, staying at the Dawn is improbable, it's a wreck. I suppose a UNSC base is a possible theory for where he gets his weapons; however, as people have stated before, a UNSC base (or ship) on (or in) the LP does not make much sense. More than likely he'll get human weapons from the Dawn's wreckage.
Actually, Chief played the main role and was the star in, at least, Halo CE & 3. Were it not for his completely direct actions, humanity wouldn't have survived. Not to mention that he's saved the universe from the Flood twice. Speaking in terms of the two games I just listed, he destroyed Halo, eradicating the Flood infestation, breached the Cartographer and found Truth. He disabled the Ark's activation (while helping to secure Truth), and fired Installation 04.2, destroying all life in the galaxy, and subsequently starved the Flood.
While he did have some help along the way, the games were his story (most prominently in Halo 3 somewhat with Cortana absent to aid him). And this trilogy will only flush his character out more, while remaining to be true to the series that has been established.
Right on all accounts, I should have worded that better. The Halo trilogy is Chief's story, but only in that he assists and subsequently saves the UNSC from the Covenant. The focus of the story was still Humanity's struggle against the Covenant onslaught.
And you're right also with the Reclaimer trilogy flushing out Chief's character; however, I still believe it can remain true to the series without including the UNSC.
Master Chief and the UNSC don't always go hand in hand. You can still have a solid Halo game with only one.
Well the reason I'm outspoken about the issue is due to being consistent with the rest of the franchise.
But there is solid evidence that the UNSC will be in. Three piece that I'll use that go hand-in-hand.
Firstly, the video interview with Frankie with how says that the Warthog is the Halo 4 model. Secondly, a big piece of concept art featured at HaloFest that portrayed a big bulky ship with the words "UNSC" written on the hull. Possibly as well, the ships we see in the Halo 4 concept art trailer look vaguely UNSC (less so with the ships that bare a resemblance to the Pelican).
Using these three sources, the natural conclusion is that the UNSC do play a role in the game. Concept art like that doesn't just get rejected, especially if it was shown at a festival and in a trailer (assuming the ships in the trailer are UNSC).
[Edited on 08.31.2011 4:19 PM PDT]